Football

When Matt Rhule walked into the media room for Monday’s Nebraska football availability, he saw the mannequin on the far side of the podium. “That’s stupid,” he said, a statement he recounted during the session. He was referring to the mannequin, not the football...

Media members knew the plan for Nebraska football. Fans did not. “We told reporters yesterday, and that’s the thing I want to get very clear to everybody who goes to that stadium, what we’re trying to do is make ourselves a better football team,” Tom Osborne said...

After a disappointing 24-6 loss at Minnesota, Matt Rhule promised his Nebraska football team would show up on Saturday against Northwestern, and show up the Huskers did. Nebraska beat the Wildcats 28-21, making big plays in all three phases to secure bowl game...

As Nebraska baseball coach Will Bolt says: Gritty beats pretty. That describes the Husker football team’s play in its 28-21 victory against Northwestern Saturday at Memorial Stadium. It wasn’t particularly pretty, though any victory is pretty compared to the...

Run the damn ball. Northwestern has, averaging 190.1 rushing yards per game, while Nebraska football hasn’t to the degree it probably needs to, though Emmett Johnson ranks 11th nationally, averaging 101.2 yards rushing per game. Johnson ranks fifth nationally in yards...

Nebraska football defensive coordinator John Butler knows he needs to see more out of his Blackshirt defense after a disappointing performance against Minnesota on Friday. Nebraska lost 24-6 to the Golden Gophers, allowing junior running back Darius Taylor to rush for...

Beginning this week, Historical focuses on the 1997 national championship season for Nebraska football, Tom Osborne's last. First up for Nebraska in 1997, Akron at Memorial Stadium. First down, no surprise; Akron, 59-14. “These kind of games don’t give me any great...

Nebraska football coach Matt Rhule is taking accountability after the Huskers’ dismal loss to Minnesota Friday night. Nebraska fell to the Golden Gophers 24-6 after trailing 7-6 at halftime then collapsing in the second half, marking their sixth consecutive loss to PJ...

Nebraska football fans might’ve done a double take, wondering if the Huskers were wearing maroon-and-gold instead of all-white — with pink on shoes, helmet stripes, Ns and face masks for Breast Cancer Awareness. Friday night’s game at Huntington Bank Stadium in...

Nebraska football fans weren’t waiting in line to buy tickets in advance of the 1996 New Year’s Eve FedEx Orange Bowl against Virginia Tech. Quite the contrary. Each team received 15,000 tickets. If not sold the university had to make up the difference. That was no...